Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska

Capital city — Banja Luka

Country population
3,300,998
i
2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.78
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
556
i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
65
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
42 %
i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
6
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.8 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2001

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

Data not disclosed

i

2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

Data not disclosed

i

2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

Data not disclosed

i

2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

Data not disclosed

i

2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

no